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Lane End Lodge Pottersheath Road Pottersheath Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9ST

22/01246/PNQPrior Approval Class Q Agric to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 June 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing agricultural building to provide one 2-bed dwelling

Received
13 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Knebworth Ward Historic
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lane End Lodge Pottersheath Road Pottersheath Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9ST. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 969 applications in total for the AL6 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL6 9ST
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q Agric to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Codicote Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2022
Consultation expiry
16 June 2022
Consultation end
2 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
16 June 2022
Last date for comments
16 June 2022
Target decision date
7 July 2022
Decision issued
20 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Russell Linard
Agent address
33 Green Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice end
15 June 2022

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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